TABLE 3—
Percentage of Adult New Yorkers Meeting Recommended Daily Sodium Intake Limits: Heart Follow-Up Study, New York City, 2010
| Characteristic | Mean Sodium Intake (mg/d), Weighted Mean (SE) | Consuming Recommended Limit for High Risk,a Weighted % (95% CI) | Consuming Recommended Limit for Normal Risk,b Weighted % (95% CI) |
| Persons at high riskc | |||
| Total | 3336 (76) | 9.2 (6.9, 12) | 29.1 (25.2, 33.5) |
| Aged ≥ 51 y | 3054 (73) | 12.1 (8.8, 16.3) | 34.7 (29.8, 39.9) |
| Black | 3477 (139) | 11.3 (6.9, 17.9) | 28.9 (22.3, 36.6) |
| Hypertension | 3375 (123) | 10.8 (7.3, 15.7) | 31.1 (25.2, 37.8) |
| Diabetes | 3557 (159) | 9.2 (5.3, 15.3) | 24.3 (17.2, 33.1) |
| Chronic kidney disease | 3683 (170) | 8.3d (4.5, 15.0) | 21.4 (14.6, 30.1) |
| All other New Yorkers | 3084 (104) | 13.3 (9.3, 18.7) | 34.6 (28.3, 41.5) |
Note. CI = confidence interval.
a
< 1500 mg/d.
b
< 2300 mg/d.
c
Categories not mutually exclusive.
d
Estimate’s relative SE (a measure of estimate precision) was > 30% or the sample size was < 50, making the estimate potentially unreliable.